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Alvin M. Greene, a Phoenix Rising from the Ashes?

Would Alvin Greene be the first politician to hail from the Mad Magazine School of Politics? Let’s put it like this: Is the Lincoln Tunnel named for Lincoln? Is the Washington Bridge named for Washington? Enough said.

Greene’s opponent in South Carolina’s Democratic primary, Vic Rawl, said that he won because he was a plant, which is a charge he denies. Even if it were true, it’s nothing new. Corruption and politics have been around since the Neolithic Age and go together like peanut butter and jelly, like steak and fries.

Even though the Father of our Country, George Washington, led our troops to victory in Valley Forge, some say that the perks of being president rode with him mighty fine. Thomas Jefferson, a supposedly randy fellow, fathered children who at one time would have been consigned to the back of a bus in the South. More recently, Illinois had Rod Blagojevich, who among other misdeeds conspired to get certain editors fired from the Chicago Tribune in exchange for a tax break, and LA has our own Mayor Jet Set, who with the help of the City Council, drove this city into bankruptcy despite all the red flags and warnings from City Controller, Wendy Gruel. So Greene, who is unemployed and lives with his father, couldn’t do worse.

It all could be null and void, though, because he has been accused of sharing some x-rated photos with a college girl on a computer in a public place. If convicted, his victory would turn his political career to toast.

On the chance that he becomes South Carolina’s next Senator, then one of two things will happen: He will either follow a long line of politicians into oblivion, or he will wind up getting indicted for something. And if he loses, he will probably make millions on his own reality show.